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N820RC

Richard H Coles ZENITH 750 CRUZER

ValidFAA registration status code V: Valid registration. All codesOhio

N820RC is a Richard H Coles ZENITH 750 CRUZER, a fixed-wing airplane with one motor with a four-stroke engine, built in 2021. It has 2 seats. It is registered to an individual in Girard, Ohio. The registration is valid: it was issued on April 8, 2022 and expires on April 30, 2029. It holds an experimental airworthiness certificate for amateur built, dated August 16, 2022.

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Aircraft

Maker
Richard H Coles
Model
ZENITH 750 CRUZER
Serial number
C75 11 100
Type
Fixed-wing, single engineFAA type of aircraft code 4 (the FAA's broad category for the airframe). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Power
Four-cycle pistonFAA type of engine code 8 (what powers it, as the FAA classes engines). Every aircraft with this code · All codes, 1 motor · Lycoming O-320-E2A · 150 hp
Fuel
100LL avgas
Seats
2
Year built
2021
Transponder code
AB3255 (octal 52631125)

Registration

Status
Valid registrationFAA registration status code V (whether the registration certificate is in force). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Certificate issued
April 8, 2022
Expires
April 30, 2029
Last FAA action
July 28, 2023
Airworthiness
ExperimentalFAA airworthiness class code 4 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). Every aircraft with this code · All codes · Amateur builtFAA certificate purpose code 2 (the kind of airworthiness certificate it flies under and what it is approved for). All codes · August 16, 2022
FAA region
Great LakesFAA region code C (the FAA regional office that handles the record). All codes
FAA record id
01362123

Owner as the FAA publishes it

Name
Coles Richard H
Type
IndividualFAA type of owner code 1 (who holds the registration: a person, a company, a trust or a government body). Every aircraft with this code · All codes
Address
820 Tibbetts Wick Rd
Girard, OH 44420-1151

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Documents on file 0

No bills of sale, loans or other documents are indexed against this tail number.

Earlier use of this number 1

2012-10-19Kamtz Russell H RV-6A · Sale reported, pending cancellation

Connections how N820RC links to the rest of the register

Design
Engine
Place
  • Girard, OH 6 aircraft registered in this town
  • Ohio 8,529 aircraft registered
Airworthiness

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The public federal record on N820RC, read the way a buyer, lender or insurer reads it: FAA registration, prior tail numbers keyed on the serial number, reuse of the tail number, recent registry filings, and the NTSB accident record under this and every earlier registration.

CLEARRegistration and identity

Valid registration to Coles Richard H, an individual, certificate issued April 8, 2022, expires April 30, 2029. No fractional interest recorded. [1]

CLEARAirworthiness certificate

Experimental certificate for amateur built, dated August 16, 2022, consistent with the 2021 manufacture year. [1]

CLEARPrior registrations of this airframe

No earlier tail number is recorded against serial C75 11 100 for this model in the deregistered file. [2]

ATTENTIONTail number reuse

N820RC was previously assigned to 1 other aircraft: Kamtz Russell H RV-6A (serial 60204, cancelled October 19, 2012). Histories keyed to the tail number alone can mix aircraft up; this check keys on the serial number. [2]

NOTERecent registry documents

No bills of sale, loans or releases have reached the registry in recent weeks. The index covers only recent filings; older liens are in the records file. [3]

ATTENTIONAccident and incident record

2 NTSB records under N820RC: Accident on October 28, 2022 at Southington, OH: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal). Accident on June 5, 2011 at Dexter, NM: minor injuries, substantial damage. Details below. [4]

PENDINGTitle chain, liens and 337 forms

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PENDINGAirworthiness directives and utilization

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NTSB records 2

ERA23FA046Accident on October 28, 2022 at Southington, OH: fatal, substantial damage (1 fatal).

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Zenith CH750 Cruzer · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain proper airspeed while maneuvering in the airport traffic pattern and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle of attack, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at an altitude that was too low to recover.

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CEN11CA377Accident on June 5, 2011 at Dexter, NM: minor injuries, substantial damage.serial on NTSB record: 60204

Aircraft on the NTSB record: Kamtz Russell H RV-6A · operated under 091

The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from a fence while landing at night.

Full record in plain English · Docket and reports at the NTSB

CLEAR the source was checked and shows no adverse findingATTENTION a fact a buyer or lender should understand, often routineNOTE context onlyPENDING covered by the full report
  1. FAA Releasable Aircraft Database, master file, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  2. FAA deregistered aircraft file (part of the same download), file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  3. FAA document index: registry documents received in recent weeks, file of November 6, 2026. registry.faa.gov/
  4. NTSB aviation accident database (CAROL), records through October 28, 2026. data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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Source: FAA Civil Aviation Registry, Releasable Aircraft Database, November 6, 2026. See this record on the FAA site · This record as data